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This is a 4-panel 2-column reaction meme. The left column features two stills of the popular 'Kombucha Girl' reaction face: the top panel shows her looking curious and positively interested, while the bottom panel shows her frowning in disappointment and disgust. The top right panel text reads 'ad for game on steam that looks pretty cool', paired with her positive reaction. The bottom right panel text reads 'release date: to be announced', paired with her negative reaction. The meme expresses the common relatable frustration of seeing appealing advertisements for upcoming Steam video games that have no confirmed release date, meaning users cannot purchase or play the game immediately even if they are interested in it.
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ad for game on steam that looks pretty cool
release date: to be announced

Overview

This is a 4-panel 2-column reaction meme. The left column features two stills of the popular 'Kombucha Girl' reaction face: the top panel shows her looking curious and positively interested, while the bottom panel shows her frowning in disappointment and disgust. The top right panel text reads 'ad for game on steam that looks pretty cool', paired with her positive reaction. The bottom right panel text reads 'release date: to be announced', paired with her negative reaction. The meme expresses the common relatable frustration of seeing appealing advertisements for upcoming Steam video games that have no confirmed release date, meaning users cannot purchase or play the game immediately even if they are interested in it.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit via RSS feed. It uses the widely popular Kombucha Girl (Brittany Broski) reaction meme template, a viral format that is commonly used to contrast a positive initial reaction to something with a subsequent negative reaction when bad or disappointing information is revealed. This specific iteration jokes about annoyance with video game ads for unreleased products with no set launch date.

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